Palani Village, Palani, Tamil Nadu, India
Reported by MSN.
Mallapadi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Tamil Nadu.
The principal temple recorded for Bargur mandal is Avulamallayya Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Mallapadi itself.
Golu: an odd number of steps holding dolls, and women invited each evening for sundal, kumkum and a gift. Saraswati Puja on Navami and Vidyarambham on Vijayadashami.
The regional form observed across Tamil Nadu. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Mallapadi ranks #5 of 30 villages in Bargur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mallapadi is a village of 7,707 people in 1,840 households (Census 2011) in Bargur taluk, Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu, the 5th-largest of 30 villages in Bargur taluk. Literacy is 66%, 3 points above the taluk average of 63% and the sex ratio is 975 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 635104, served by Barugur post office; the LGD village code is 643935. The village votes in Bargur assembly constituency, represented by MLA E.C. Govindarasan. The population is estimated at 9,087 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mallapadi →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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